Is brucellosis a common infectious cause of pyrexia of unknown origin in Kuwait?

Kuwait Medical Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-129

  Al Fadhi, Mariam ^a,c   Al Hilali, Nabieh ^b   Al Humoud, Hani ^b  

^a Infectious Diseases Hospital Kuwait   (Kuwait)

^b MUBARAK AL KABEER HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^c NONE   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Brucellosis; Kuwait; Pyrexia of unknown origin

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRUCELLOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HEPATITIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KUWAIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PREVALENCE; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 69749098124     PISSN: 00235776     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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